🦊 Honouring My Basil Era

For years, I cringed at myself for this one: I had a special interest in Basil Brush. Not just a passing like — a full-blown obsession. He wasn’t just a puppet fox on TV; to me, he was comfort, joy, and a safe focus when the real world felt too much.

Back then, it tipped into crush territory (a puppet fox, really?), and I’ve carried that embarrassment ever since. But here’s the thing: it wasn’t about romance in any adult sense. It was about attachment, safety, and focus. My autistic brain latched onto something consistent and joyful, and it poured all those overwhelming feelings into Basil because it needed to.

Basil made me laugh. He gave me something to look forward to. He gave me a way to cope when everything else felt scary or uncertain. And honestly? He gave me the blueprint for writing about obsession, comfort, and connection in my own stories.

Past Me needed Basil. Present Me can honour that.

It’s not cringe — it’s part of who I was, and part of why I can write the way I do now.

🌟 Daisy’s Corner:
“Oh babes, embarrassed about fancying Basil? Please. The world was out here swooning over Justin Timberlake’s ramen noodle hair, and you had the taste to choose a fox in a suit. Icon behaviour. Basil walked (well, wobbled) so Jonas could run. BOOM BOOM — destiny served.”

👉 Did you have a ‘comfort character’ growing up? Tell me who, and why they mattered to you.